[rescue] Re: rescue digest, Vol 1 #3276 - 18 msgs

[Jeremy RJ Towers]

well, I chose one of the firmware patches at random and had a look at 
what goes on -  see below.

It makes clear that its not just a relabeling exercise, and also 
highlights the fact that disks are on a bus and talk to other 
devices....  which may not themselves be perfect.

Jeremy - HTH

Problem Description:

[ 106817-04 upgrades rev. 2815 drive firmware ]
4336161 download64 ALWAYS wants to relabel disks with valid labels
Added Patchpro patchinfo file.
[ 106817-03 upgrades rev. 2815 drive firmware ]
4288309 Calico FLASH memory cell leakage can cause ST39173 to prematurely
         wear-out
[ 106817-02 upgrades rev. 7063 drive firmware ]
4328053 ST39173W LED activity opposite to SUN specifications
Enable SMART error reporting.
[ 106817-01 upgrades rev. 5084 drive firmware ]
4175983 Loading rm6 onto a system with a D1000 attached can cause isp 
resets.
Fixes ISP timeouts and subsequent register dump with Raid RM6 software
and Seagate ST39173 disks.  This is caused by the disk incorrectly
asserting the SCSI I/O control line if the lun address is invalid.

Leslie Connally wrote:
> I'm not going to embarass myself onlist, but I bet it just makes it say
> "SUN" instead of "SEAGATE"
> 
> 
> Oh, and then they charge tons more for it..
> 
> I have friends from the old IBM AS400 world.. where you HAD to buy IBM
> drives with the part number, or it would fuck up tyour service contract and
> they could refuse you service
> 
> May be also a Sun technique
> 
> 
> 
> 
>>Message: 15
>>From: Joshua D Boyd <jdboyd at cs.millersville.edu>
>>Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 12:05:55 -0400
>>To: rescue at sunhelp.org
>>Subject: [rescue] Sun-Seagate drive firmware
>>Reply-To: rescue at sunhelp.org
>>
>>Is Sun in the habit of loading their OEM drives with non-standard firmware?
>>
>>Specifically, ST19171WC drives, purchased surplus from as surplus, they
>>are in sealed bags with Sun part numbers in a padded box with Sun stamped all
>>over it, and I was told they might have Sun firmware.
>>
>>But, I thought that Sun didn't do wierd firmware, unlike clarion.
>>
>>--
>>Joshua D. Boyd
> 
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